"Good Times, Bad Times"

This past Sunday I took my mom to a one-time showing of the Hindi film "Guru" in Toledo. Screenings of Hindi films in the United States are hard to come by so I jumped at the chance to catch this one.
The movie is a "fictional" account of a young man from a village in India who sets off to work and prosper in Turkey. Slowly but surely he progresses from selling petrol cans from the back of a truck to being offered a supervisor position at a petrochemical plant. Rather than taking the job he tells his brother, "I'm good enough that they like my work...so why should I keep working for the 'white' man." So he packs up and heads back to India to build his own textile empire, from the ground up.
The path he takes from that point on is not always tried and true, but it evetually gets him to where he wants to be. Along the way feelings are hurt, lives are seemingly shattered, and hearts are broken. Yet, at the same time, love is had, friendships are strengthened, and futures are sealed. The film depicts many of the good times, and also many of the bad. The dynamic lies in realizing who and what is real in the both the good times and the bad.

It's so easy for friends, family, and even acquaintances to be there for us in the good times. Who wouldn't want to be? When the sun is shining, the wine is flowing, and business is good, its easy to find someone to share it with. The true test is to see who comes knocking on the door when the skies are cloudy and business is bad. The true 'friend' wants even more to be there in the bad times than in the good.